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Banking is following in the footsteps of many industries before it; higher customer expectations, lower margins and the relentless competitive pressures that drive efficiency. This paper examines how to improve the situation and discusses the forces that led to current problems in banking technology VIEW SUMMARY

Organisations are embracing a new way of consuming applications: software as a service. SaaS applications are very popular, but they bring their own risks, both legal and financial. This paper highlights the risks involved with SaaS applications and how to overcome them using adoption “must haves”. VIEW SUMMARY

High performance computing (HPC) was necessary for a Portugese university to maintain their high standards of research. The university also wanted to test the performance of its core applications. Read this case study to find out how this was achieved. VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper provides a checklist of 10 reasons why McAfee Vulnerability Manager may not be right for your organisation. Read for consideration of these reasons in a time of demands for IT projects and investments not concerned with vulnerability management. VIEW SUMMARY

More and more business applications are being created by “citizen developers”—end users who are not IT developers but who create solutions for themselves and groups. This paper explores 6 reasons to embrace citizen development to minimise risks and maximise the return on your SharePoint investment. VIEW SUMMARY

The growth of the cloud is encouraging inadequate passwords for various cloud applications, which adds to security risks. In addition, multiple sign-ons reduce productivity and increase need for help desk support. Single sign-on is necessary, but read this paper to uncover why it is rarely enough. VIEW SUMMARY

In the two years that Windows 7 has been available to the enterprise, many have made the move, and common challenges have been identified. Most organisations experience a success rate of 95% when migrating their entire application portfolio to Windows 7; read to find out how you can benefit. VIEW SUMMARY

The migration to Windows 7 is imminent. Desktop virtualisation is a future goal. Implementing both at the same time seems an impossibility. Read this paper to see how application compatibility testing can be made easier, enabling for these two upgrades to be made concurrently. VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper takes a look at the differences between relational and document database technology, highlights the implications of those differences for application developers, and provides guidance that can ease the transition from relational to NoSQL. VIEW SUMMARY

This white paper, Why NoSQL Databases? provides an overview of how application requirements have changed fundamentally and examines attempts to mitigate those shortcomings. Finally, the paper makes the case for NoSQL by explaining the core characteristics that make a NoSQL database the appropriate. VIEW SUMMARY